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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 1 · Chapter 14: The Disappearance of Lord Kṛṣṇa

1.14.11 1.14.13

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 1.14.12

Nirodha· Winding up

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhirasince 1.14.6inside 1 frame: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya

शिवैषोद्यन्तमादित्यमभिरौत्यनलानना ।

मामङ्ग सारमेयोऽयमभिरेभत्यभीरुवत् ॥ १२ ॥

śivaiṣodyantam ādityam

abhirauty analānanā

mām aṅga sārameyo ’yam

abhirebhaty abhīruvat

Translation

Just see, O Bhīma, how the she-jackal cries at the rising sun and vomits fire, and how the dog barks at me fearlessly.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Disturbing Signs Indicate Trouble Ahead

1
Bhīma is asked to notice a she-jackal crying at the rising sun and vomiting fire.
2
A dog barks fearlessly at the speaker, adding to the disturbing signs.
3
The purport identifies these as bad omens indicating something undesirable in the near future.

Key points from the purport

These are some bad omens indicating something undesirable in the near future.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Bereavement → Renunciation. The worldly support system recedes and attachment is exposed.

Chapters 13–15 of Canto 1: Dhṛtarāṣṭra departs; Kṛṣṇa disappears; Pāṇḍavas retire. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 14: The Disappearance of Lord Kṛṣṇa

Yudhiṣṭhira observes disturbing omens and questions Arjuna about Kṛṣṇa and their relatives.

Back to this verse in chapter 1.14

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

śivājackal
eṣāthis
udyantamrising
ādityamunto the sun
abhitowards
rauticrying
analafire
ānanāface

Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

Nirodha · Returning home, back to Godhead
What happens when everything here comes to an end? · Subject 8 of 10
Abhaya · Fearlessness
Steadiness through faith amid danger and death. · Theme in SB 1.14
In this verse: “fearlessly”
Viraha · Longing in separation
Love and remembrance experienced in apparent absence. · Theme in SB 1.14
In this verse: “crying”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the purport help me understand why these animal behaviors are being noticed?

Practice

Reread the verse and name the two animal behaviors described as bad omens.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayDisturbing Signs Indicate Trouble AheadThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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